Re-entering the Land

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“This is where I see the bishop going: I see him coming out with a small, little flashlight, and he’s making his way in to pave a brighter way of looking at life, and hopefully the spirit of that small flashlight is going to be captured by others, and the light will get bigger and bigger and bigger until the whole daylight comes.” - Alex Nelson, First Nations elder and St. Michael’s Indian Residential School survivor.

In the end, as we walk our sacred journey a new rhythm will appear in our heart;a drum beat that will slowly move us to step out and into the circle of life, to becloser to our sisters and brothers, to pass beneath our ancestors in the land ofspirits until we see the vision God has intended for us andlearn our new name as God’s people.—Adapted from Steven Charleston’s The Four Vision Quests of Jesus

​The First EntryThe Anglican Church landed on these islands over two hundred years ago as colonists, asserting our right to ownership of this land and domination over its Indigenous Peoples. Through our forebears, we entered this land the first time believing we carried God with us. We failed to recognize that the Creator was already here, working in and through the First Peoples of this land. Now we, in our generation, need to re-enter this land in a new way.

The Second Entry For the period of March 6-27, 2016 during the liturgical church season of Lent, Bishop Logan McMenamie of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia (Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Kingcome Inlet) walked 480 kilometres from Alert Bay to Victoria seeking permission from First Nations representatives to enter and stay on the traditional lands. This was a penitential sacred journey undertaken as a personal act of repentance by the bishop and on behalf of all Anglicans in this diocese. Several events were planned along the walk route, culminating in an Easter Day liturgy at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. ​

​2017 RouteFrom March 26-31 2017 the bishop completed a second phase of the walk from Port McNeill with stops along the way culminating at Sooke. Read more about the 2017 walk in Wayne's diary under "Follow Bishop Logan" on the main navigation for this site.